IMAGES: From Hiz Hands, 2010, Brendan Fernandes, Kenya/Canada, b. 1979, 3 neon-on-glass-frame signs, loan from the artist. © Brendan Fernandes, Photo courtesy of the artist.
The Autonomous Prism / MSK03 (video still), 2010-2014, Jakob Dwight, American, b. 1977, 16 digital videos, looped in continuous playback, DVD for plasma or projection, 4+ minutes, Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Jakob Dwight, courtesy of the artist.
The Invisible Man Series, 2015, Zina Saro-Wiwa, United States/United Kingdom/Nigeria, b. 1976, exhibition print, 30 x 50 in., Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Zina Saro-Wiwa, Photo courtesy of the artist.
Dada Afrika IV, 2010, Brendan Fernandes, Kenya/Canada, b. 1979, animation with sound and mixed media installation, loan from the artist. © Brendan Fernandes, Photo courtesy of the artist.
En Plein Air: Abduction II, 2014, Jacolby Satterwhite, United States, b. 1986, C-print in artist's frame, 84 x 60 in., loan from the artist and OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles. © Jacolby Satterwhite, Photo courtesy of OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles.
Europa, 2008, Nandipha Mntambo, South Africa, b. 1982, exhibition print, photographic composite by Tony Meintjes, 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in., loan from the artist and STEVENSON, Cape Town and Johannesburg. © Nandipha Mntambo, Photo courtesy of STEVENSON, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
An Ancestor Takes a Photograph, 2014, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, United States/Nigeria, b. 1970, video, filmed in Lagos, Nigeria, Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Wura-Natasha Ogunji.
Bristle Disguise (detail), 2014, Walter Oltmann, South Africa, b. 1952, aluminum wire, 47 1/4 x 30 11/16 x 21 1/4 in., Seattle Art Museum, Promised gift of Vascovitz Family. © Walter Oltmann, Photo: Anthea Pokroy, courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery.
ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space, 2015, Saya Woolfalk, United States, b. 1979, installation with five costumes with 3-D masks and video, dimensions variable, Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Saya Woolfalk, Courtesy of the artist and Leslie Tonkonow, Artworks + Projects, NY.
How Ghosts Sleep (Seattle): Hive (detail), 2014, Sam Vernon, American, b. 1987, digital collage, wallpaper, Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Sam Vernon, image courtesy of the artist, graphic design: Loide Marwanga.